Console

Introduction

The VEXcode V5 Console is displayed in the Monitor window within VEXcode. It allows you to display text and format printed data in real time.

Below is a list of the available blocks:

• print on console – Displays text at the current cursor position.

• set cursor to next row on console – Moves the cursor to the next row.

• clear all rows on console – Clears all text from the Console.

• set print precision on console – Adjusts numeric formatting for printed numbers.

• set pen color on console – Changes the color of printed text.

print on console

The print on console block displays text on the Console with the current font color.

print stack block

imprimir [VEXcode] en la consola ▶

Parameters	Description
value	The text, number, or variable value to display on the Console.
expanding arrow	Expand the block to say and set cursor to next row and make the cursor move to the next row after this block.

Example

When started, displays the message ‘Hello, Robot!’ at the starting cursor position on the Console.

cuando empezó
[Display a message in the Console.]
imprimir [Hello, Robot!] en la consola ▶

set cursor to next row on console

The set cursor to next row on console block moves the cursor to the next row on the Console.

set cursor to next row stack block

Colocar el cursor en la siguiente fila de la consola

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

When started, prints ‘Line 1’ on the console, moves the cursor to the next row, and then prints ‘Line 2’.

cuando empezó
[Display two lines of text.]
imprimir [Line 1] en la consola ▶
Colocar el cursor en la siguiente fila de la consola
imprimir [Line 2] en la consola ▶

clear all rows on console

The clear all rows on console block clears the Console of all text.

clear console block

borrar todas las filas en la consola

Parameters	Description
	This block has no parameters.

Example

cuando empezó
[Clear a console message after 2 seconds.]
imprimir [Hello, Robot!] en la consola ▶
esperar [2] segundos
borrar todas las filas en la consola

set print precision on console

The set print precision on console block sets the precision formatting used for displaying numbers on the Console. This print precision will apply to all subsequently printed numbers.

set print precision stack block

Establezca la precisión de impresión en [0.1 v] en la consola

Parameters	Description
precision	Sets the print precision to: 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 All Digits

Example

When started, sets print precision to two decimal places and prints 1/3 as 0.33 on the Console.

cuando empezó
[Print 1/3 as 0.33.]
Establezca la precisión de impresión en [0.01 v] en la consola
imprimir ([1] [math_division v] [3]) en la consola ▶

set pen color on console

The set pen color on console block changes the color of text displayed on the Console. This affects all future printed text until the color is changed again.

The set font color stack block.

set pen color to [red v] on console

Parameter	Description
color	The color to set: red, green, blue, black, white, yellow, orange, purple, or cyan.

Example

cuando empezó
[Display a green message.]
set pen color to [green v] on console
imprimir [I am green!] en la consola ▶